gelus

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.lus]

Noun

gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of gelū̆

Usage notes

• Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in Old, Classical and Late Latin. These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short and Gaffiot), it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	gelus
genitive	gelūs
dative	geluī
accusative	gelum
ablative	gelū
vocative	gelus

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.ɫuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.lus]

Noun

gelūs

1. genitive singular of gelū̆

References

• “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "gelus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Adjective

gelus

1. Alternative form of jelous

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.

Adjective

gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)

1. eager; zealous
2. jealous
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,

     Gelus esteit a desmesure

     He was jealous, incredibly so